Erin Bethany said: “I do not understand how people think this could be remotely funny.”

Ben Brookshaw added: “Really don’t understand how this is funny? Constantly see people sharing stupid jokes about Maddie, she was a young girl.. would you do the same if it was your sister or niece? Not funny in the slightest.”

Three-year-old Maddie disappeared from an apartment during a family holiday in Praia da Luz, Portugal in May 2007.

The toddler and her younger twin siblings had been left sleeping alone while parents Kate and Gerry McCann dined at a nearby restaurant with friends.

'I ONLY STARTED THIS FOR MY KIDS'

Last year a study found that Kate and Gerry McCann were targeted with more than 150 abusive messages from social media users each day.

Psychologist Dr John Synott estimated there were between 100 and 150 abusive comments directed on Twitter, Facebook and on online McCann message boards every day.

The parents of missing Madeleine McCann describe the pain 10 years on

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